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A passionate and imaginative exploration of wood - the material that shaped human history.
Wood - humankind's long-term partner in our evolution from woodland foragers to ...
Unquiet Women is an exquisitely crafted patchwork of the forgotten lives of some of the most remarkable women in history.
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The new book by Sunday Times bestselling author of Ancestors and Buried - the final instalment in Professor Alice Roberts' acclaimed trilogy.
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A ground-breaking exploration of how British empire has shaped the world we live in today from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Empireland
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